Tape-line case



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE CLARK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TAPE-LIN E CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,190, dated November 28, 1882.

Application filed October 12, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CLARK, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tape-Line Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved case for tape-lines which is strong, simple in construction, and cheap.

The invention consists in a tape-line case made of sheet metal enameled on the inner and outer surfaces, the bearings for the spindle on which the tape-line is wound beingpnnched or pressed in these metal plates.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying, drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective viewiof my improved tape-line case. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the shells or disks of the same. I

The tape-line case A is constructed of two flanged metal disks,B, which are held together by a rim, O, which is spun over the flanges. The metal disks are enameled both on the inner and outer surfaces. Each disk is provided with a central aperture, D, for the spindle on which the tape is wound and to which the folding handle E is attached. .The metal is so punched or pressed as to form a raised partaround these apertures, thereby forming recesses for the screw-nut at one end of the spindle and the collar of the folding handle at the other end.

By enameling the surfaces of the disks forming the tape-line case l am enabled to make these disks of sheet-iron, which could not be used without the enamel-coating, as it would rust and would spoil and destroy the tape in a very short time. Further, a case thus made will be stronger than the'leather and other cases made heretofore, and it can be made of less parts, as no separate parts are r quired in my case for the bearing of the spindle, as the bearing is pressed out or struck up out. of the metal disk forming the side of the casing. As both the surfaces of the disks B are enameled,

no part of these disks can rust or corrode. and

' scribed.

GEORGE CLARK.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. Gem, 0. SEDGWICK. 

